Signal device



S. WiLEY.

SIGNAL DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 19. 1918.

Patented E6113, 1920.

Z2 @uvcwtoz mm;. o;1- ,Handsetss V the, United States, stationed atVa'shington,

i1 t I The invention ldesei ibed list y- ,the Go r m t,

- following is a speeifieetion.

' swim; WILEY??? H EQ' A?E Asi Y- \B i known that I, mut: Gm-

Distriet of Columbia, have invented an Improvement in Signal-Devices, ofwhich the any bf o cers' or employees 111 prosecution of ork 'fortheGovernment; or by any other .per-

son in the-United. States, Without payinent of anyroyaltyfthei eon. r Ef, p i t T i B 1 QIiI l@ S t vme t in signals" and like devices, and hasfor one of 'it obi ct to Pr d ce a d vi e h s e eterchaving meenswhereby the charge firing pin, pep, or other likede vlee is protected.from in ury orr fro n prematurejfi ring dur- 1 l ,v

l the presence of thegpi oteeting element does,

ing trem'sportattion hile at the sametime not retard the operationofthefiring pin when asnflieienthnpeet is imparted to the qpli ect n e ee t, 't e L j V;A er pb'ec the ve n lsto pro- 7 invention consists in eettaih Iie W aIidfliSQffil' .COHStTIJOtIOHS-QJld combinat ons of arts aswill heremafter' be=mo ejfully deseri d and pointed out in-theljelairns. r-

' -F g-- 3; is i e pl iix i videe deviee' of-this ehai acteihev'ingmeans Q for preventing the escape o fsparks, fia m b otherproducts of coinbiistion during the flight and thus preventing the .eourse of the signal or its souree from j'being ji evetled. With these endother objjeets' View the Figure-51 s a Sid elvatio "Tot-"the, im-

prdved v igi ml devise; p lyt i' e on" 1 J F g- ZQ a ot mpla l ewwi h thguard.v deviee re novec l. .Fi i e itr ts t ee l nw the Am the e row.

T improved ",dtitt ebmiirjiss} m rg t P s ne le-" sure lll at one-.end,'the 'shel1 being-prefers '50 inclos ing shell 10 having of pork 01similar compressible end expan Armm memo-i hefein m y b I I resented n wof t i e rem u y t stpm ;1

Themember 17'is formed withen ei l l z lan 1 ribli p es d f omtthe"material toffthe meijrl- 1 I; ji befftoreinforcean klT gs e p reetiteview'f be iw h,

of h c mb ed Cements ,dee t n i nd P 7 e ngfiap fl p r permanentlyclosed ably of light sheetmeta lfend the closure f p p into' whiehthegas, 'wood, The opposite orehapginghpd ioiithe the S e li i The ,elosuie: 11

end of the shell and the en yon "t e asshown 1n 1.

The closure a combined base; plate and-firing pin 'tion of the memberthat thel'atter islocateti etbote the outer line Of the memberlt. Thefuse of "the supporting v111e11 11oer 14 By th s eirangementthe ,outei"enticofcap For fuse firing elementl15 is spaced from the inner face oftheproteeting meinben 17 'end the member l'f fWhiCh i as shown in Fig! pt The fuse firln'g element is th s ffectua y W 96 d; nd guarded from o tt i surmlmdlng' j s and .wi1'1- hotfthere fore" fitt d l ing'jtrenspotgplatte externell'y of the -ib; to closely engage the member Mendprevent-theenti'ence'of v dlst i eyw i 1 l PetentedEhiSQlQtZQtApplioation filed OctoblenlS, 1915; ser al No. {25 505 l .t i

' sible materiel?to hoicigthe ehaige p l I is preferably formed with Its nppenport on; redueedeto enter the lower lower portion ex side wallsof theshell l 11 is provided Withii/central recess orQeham ber 13 andlikewise provided thi The. th ckened p01 14: is formed with a (123 1t.y.to receive the head of the. pinlor capso signaling ehtti'ge i J at andterminates ,Within the chamber 13 11; proximity to the cap 15; so 1theffuse igniting pin or Cap I I V is a "relatively lihin pr oteetlngdisk or p121te17, thelmeijnb'ers 14 17 :beingsemn ed in place upon theelo- ;sni e nien -bei 11 byineils or othersu itehle fa t exi gdey c s18- W 7, it ,pll Th e'ayity constitutes a gzisehamber y h m er L @11 l VI sperk'slandpthenprod nets o fthe combustion, of.- the fuse IGflgaJtheTerefi prevented from escaping (in-r in the filghtof the igmlir Thus'thed'irc '95 t it ti f nt fipiet ng -p1ate and also to eztuse thegp'ortion'of the 5 6. A projectile including a shell for een communicating with;said recess and chain of the same, and 'a' member carrying" the the basemember and terminating at one 10 3 contents denoting configurationsupported en'dfin said chamber, an apertured protectby the plug "withits outer face Withinthe ing meinber secured 'tQ saidbase, a primerlines of the adjacent end of the shell; supported in saidaperturedmember and .taining a charge of combustible material, a ber, and a platehaving a stifi'ening rib near 15' base member secured to'saidshel1-havinga fits Outeredges but adapted to be distdrted chamberand an outwardly opening recess into said recess fer'firing the rimer.formed therein, a fuse extending through a l .SAMUE WILEY.

